Title :
Current-folded mixer for upconversion applications
Author :
Tiiliharju, E. ; Halonen, K.
Author_Institution :
Electron. Circuit Design Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Finland
fDate :
12/5/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A low-voltage current-folded mixer cell with reduced power dissipation and increased linearity is proposed. Comparison to a conventional current-folded mixer example shows substantial improvements with minimum added circuitry.
Keywords :
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; Ge-Si alloys; UHF frequency convertors; UHF integrated circuits; UHF mixers; low-power electronics; semiconductor materials; 2.45 GHz; RF-transceiver blocks; SiGe; SiGe BiCMOS technology; WLAN/W-CDMA applications; increased linearity; low-voltage current-folded mixer cell; reduced power dissipation; three-stacked transistor configuration; upconversion applications;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021151
